En Balance: The Contribution of Physical Activity to the Efficacy of Spanish Diabetes Education of Hispanic Americans with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Participant blood glucose, lipid, and body composition profiles at baseline and at three months ().

	Baseline	Three months	Mean difference	value
			± SD
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)			-	0.001
A1C (%)			-	<0.001
Insulin (μU/ml)			-	0.200
HOMA-IR^a			-	0.673
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)				0.049
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)			-	0.061
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)			-	0.059
Cholesterol : HDL ratio			-	0.002
Triglycerides (mg/dl)			-	0.123
Waist circumference (cm)			-	0.001
Hip circumference (cm)			-	0.364
BMI (kg/m^2)			-	0.055
DXA : trunk fat (kg)			-	0.001

BIA = bioelectrical impedance analysis; BMI = body mass index; DXA = dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. ^a. and based on paired sample Mann–Whitney test.